The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
GREEK GEORGES WORK.
HE DIsLOCATEs HIS ADvERSARY'S
SHOULDER.

It Won't Cole Fouls in the First
Bout, But Downs His Adversary and
Gets OFF With a Shoulder Knocked
Cut.
There was lively time at Turner's Hall
last night, and those who went there TO see
the wrestling match between Greek George
and Sergt. Walsh got more than they paid
for The match was expected about 8
o'clock, but the wrestlers had not stripped
then, and when they were asked what time
the performance would begin, they replied
about o'clock
The crowd waited patiently, and about
S:45 o'clock Sergt. Walsh mounted the plat
form, and after making a short speech,
stated that the referee who had
been decided on in Jacksonville
and the stakeholder, who had the money,
had not come up from Florida. They bad
been expected and ought to have been on
hand, but as they had not come the match
would have to be postponed until tonight,
| when 1t would be wreSled II there was not
a man in the hall. The tickets, he said,
would be good for the show tonight The
crowd got up and started for the door. No
one said anything, but everyone seemed to
be doing deal OF thinking. Sergt. Walsh
was standing just by the door on the inside
and Greek George was on the outside, where
he had been selling tickets all evening.
sERGT WALSH STRUCK
When the spectators got in a crowd about
the door some of them began to complain
aboat not getting their money back. James
NJ. Ward turned to Sergt. Walsh and told
him that he intended to have his money;
that he did not mean to be swindled in any
such way; that he came there to see
wrestling match and he was going to see one
or have his money. He got madden and
madden with every word he spoke, and
| pretty soon he came to the conclusion that
he wanted to thrash Sergt Walsh anyway.
He shook his fist in Walshs face. Walsh
told him to go and get his money
and not to make any trouble, but
Ward made rush for the Sergeant and at
tempted to strike him. He was caught and
held back Twice he made dash at him
and twice he was stopped, but the third
time he got within striking distance and he
hit Walsh a blow in the neck that cut the
skin. The crowd had gathered about the
swordsman and impromptu pugilist and
everybody wanted to see a fight, for they
had come to see something and they did not
know but they had rather see a real fight
than friendly wrestling match. Ward was
pulled away from Walsh, however, and
just then Greek George came in
with all the money in a little grip
which he carried. He wanted
to know what the trouble was about and
Ward sailed into him, and told him that he
had come to see match and he wanted to
see one. He said another referee could be
appointed and the match could go on.
The Greek said that if the spectators in
sisted on their wrestling they would do so.
The crowd was not to be bulidozed, and the
match was insisted upon so the athletes re-
tired to strip.
MATCH NOT SET DOWN.
1t was very angry crowd that awaited
them. Those who were present did not like
the attempt which they thought had been
made to cheat them, and they would still
have been angry when the wrestlers came
out, if two little street urchins had not pro-
cured set of boxing gloves and begun a
sparring match on the stage They had an
other with face as dirty as their own for
a referee, and when one of the boys dropped
a glove the referee picked it up and threw
it at him. The boxers pounded each other
to the best of their ability, and after fight
ing all over the stage, finally fell
off. The audience roared and yelled,
and before the expositors of the manly
art of self-defense could recover themselves
the wrestlers came out. Verify they We're
stripped, for they had nothing on except a
pair of trunks. A referee was chosen who
was a stranger to everybody present. and
at exactly 9 o'clock he called time"
Everything seemed to be in favor of the
Greek, for although he was not in good con-
dition, he weighed at least 200 pounds, while
Walsh stripped at 100 pounds.
WON BY FOUL.
1t was a minute after time was called be-
fibre they got at each other, and then they
spared for holds. Walsh dropped to his
knees and tried to pull the Greek down, but
he could not do it and he rose to his feet
and broke away. They went at it again,
; and Walsh went down to the floor. George
tried to turn him, but Walsh got his arm
around the Greeks head and pulled him
over George formed bridge but Walsh
forced his shoulders to the floor, and the
} referee declared it a fall for Walsh. The
Greek got mad. He declared that Walsh
had fouled and had thrown him by catch
ing his leg, which was not allowed in
Gr@co- Roman wrestling. The way he
! abused the referee inclined the spectators
to believe that they were witnessing base
ball game ana the umpire
had made decision adverse to
the home team. George appealed to
Walsh himself and Walsh said yes he did
foul, but he did not mean to do it. The
referee said he did not see the foul and he
had decided it a fall, and it would be fall,
foul OF no foul. Then the Greeks face
showed how angry he was, and when time
was called for the second round he darted
at Walsh and for about two minutes they
worked hard.
wALsH's SHOULDER DISLoCATED.
There was no exhibition wrestling in that
bout George wanted to throw Walsh and
hurt him, and Walsh was trying to keep
him from doing it. Finally George got
Walsh's left arm behind him, and holding
him firmly in his iron grip rolled him over
on his shoulders. As he did so he gave
Walsh's arm a twist and Walsh laid out
/. limp The referee told him to get up, and
he said he could not. 1t was then seen that
his left shoulder had been dislocated by the
! twitch George had given his arm. The ref
cree and Walsh's second pulled the shoulder
into place, but Walsh could not toe the
mark, and the match was given to Greek
George.
After it was over George said that he had
'broken" Walsh's arm purposely He had
been cheated out of the first fall and he did
it to get even. He caught one of these who
had gathered about him in the same way in
which he had held Walsh, and when he gave
his arm little turn the howl that came
forth showed how easily the Greek could
break an arm when he caught man in
that position. He was severely condemned
by those who were present for his brutality
in wilGuliy dislocating Walshs shoulder be-
cause the referee had made an unjust de-
ciSiOn but that is one of the (ireeks traits